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Tour Highlights
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- Visit the new Acropolis
Museum
- Visit Ilias Lalaounis Jewelry
Museum
- Meet with Jewish community
members
- Visit the Benakai Museum
- Walk through the old Jewish
section of Thessaloniki
- Drive thtough the Saronic Gulf to
Cape Sounion
- Evening event with Greek
music
Trip Includes
- 4 nights accommodation
in Hilton Athens
- Breakfast daily 2
lunches and 4 dinners
- Sightseeing per
itinerary in a modern air-conditioned motor coach with panoramic
windows
- Services of a friendly
and professional English-speaking Expedition Educator throughout the
trip
- Entrance fees per
itinerary
- Airport
transfers on arrival and departure
- City taxs and VAT
- All hotel portage and
tipping included
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Day One Wednesday -
DEPARTURE
- Depart the U.S. on your way to
Greece.
Overnight: Flight
Day Two Thursday -
Arrival in Greece
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Arrive in Athens.
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Welcome by Da'at representative, assistance with arrival
formalities and transfer to your hotel.
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Take a city tour of Athens and gain an
appreciation of this ancient city, one of the world's oldest. See the Panathenic Stedium, known as
the Kallimarmaro, Temple of Olympian
Zeus, the neoclassical Greek Parliament, Syntagma
or Constitution
Square, Hadrian's Arch and the ancient
Agora.
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Visit the Acropolis and the New Acropolis Museum -- the most extensive ruins are
from the Golden Age of Athens but there are also remains thought to date from
the Late Bronze age.
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See the Ilias Lalaounis Jewelry Museum, with works inspired by ancient
jewelry design to modern commissions and private collections of jewelry and
decorative arts from all over the world.
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Da'at Encounter: Welcome dinner and dialogue with the Jewish
Community of Athens, discussing the past, Present and
Future.
Overnight:
Athens
Day Three Friday - Athens and the Jewish Culture
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Breakfast at your hotel.
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Da'at
Encounter: VIP visit to the Jewish Museum of
Greece. Originally founded in 1977, it has developed an impressive collection
and helped in the recording, research and preservation of the history of the
Jews of Greece.
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Guided visit through the Jewish community compound, including
the Etz Haim Synagogue, home to the Romaniote community of Jews who are first
recorded as living in Greece shortly after the destruction of the
Second Temple in 70 ACE; and the Sephardic community's Beth
Shalom, the site for the new Holocaust Memorial in Athens.
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Da'at
Encounter: Meet
and dialogue with community leaders over cocktails in the courtyard of the
Jewish community compound.
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Benaki Museum: Private VIP visit and chance to view
this extensive collection of Greek art from pre-history until
today.
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Shabbat dinner with members of the Athens Jewish community.
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Optional walking tour through the Plaka, the oldest neighborhood
in Athes with its numerous pedestrian
areas, quaint shops and
coffeehouses.
Overnight: Athens
Day Four Saturday - Thessaloniki and Jewish
History
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Breakfast at your hotel.
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Transfer to the airport.
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Departure from Athens and arrival
in Thessaloniki.
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Guided visit through the Jewish sites of Thessaloniki, including Villa Allatini, Villa Mordoch,
the Hippocrates Hospital, Museum of the Jewish Presence in Thessaloniki and the Yad
Le'Zicharon Synagogue, still in daily use today by the local community, which
numbers about 1,300 people. During the Ottoman period, Jews accounted for
almost half of the local population but numbers dwindled after a catastrophic
city fire in 1917. The remaining 50,000 Jews who were successful and
well-integrated into local society were almost all murdered during the
Holocaust.
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Continue your tour of Thessaloniki including the Great Wall and the White Tower, remains from the city's Byzantine
period.
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Da'at Encounter: Meet and dialogue with members of the local
Jewish community at the Thessaloniki Jewish Community Center -- The Jews
of Thessaloniki: The Glory of Yesterday and the Challenges of Today.
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Transfer for the airport.
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Departure flight to Athens.
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Arrive in Athens.
Overnight:
Athens
Day Five Sunday - View From
Poseidon's Perch
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Breakfast at your hotel.
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Enjoy a scenic drive from Athens
along the coastal road and views of the Saronic
Gulf. Pass through some of Athens's upscale, suburbs of Glyfada,
Vouliagmeni and Varkiza. Continue on to Cape Sounion, home to the 5th century BCE, Temple of Poseidon. Dedicated to the Greek god of
the sea, Poseidon, it is perched high above the Aegean
Sea with panoramic views that extend for
miles.
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Return to Athens.
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Farewell dinner and program.
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Enjoy an evening of Greek music and dance at
Plaka.
Overnight:
Athens
Day Six Monday - Departure
- Breakfast at the hotel.
- Check out of the hotel.
- Transfer to the airport for
flight home. (Airport transfers included. Please allow a minimum of three
hours for check-in).
- Fly home
anytime.
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Need to Know
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- Tour prices are per person in U.S.
dollars. All hotel accommodations, motor coach transportation, special
dinners, sightseeing, admissions, luggage handling and the services of local
guides, drivers, and the Expedition Educator are included.
- Hotel Accommodations: The
tour price includes all hotel accommodations, in hotel rooms with private
baths. Our standard is to provide the best available hotels while considering
value. Although the level of the accommodations may differ slightly from hotel
to hotel, we are committed to your comfort. Two-bed rooms are reserved in most
hotels. Triples are two-bed rooms with a rollaway cot where available and are
not recommended when considering the comfort of those in the room. King-size
beds are not available in most hotels; what is considered king-size usually
consists of two single beds pushed together and made up separately, but with
one headboard. Some two-bed rooms may have two twin - not full- or queen-size
- beds.
- Meals are included as
specified in the itinerary.
- Expedition Educator: All
trips are conducted by our Expedition Educators or local guides who remain
with the group throughout the tour.
- Gratuities Included: All
gratuities for restaurant and hotel staff.
- Luggage Responsibility: All tour
packages allow one piece of luggage per person and one carry-on bag. Excess
luggage will be subject to charge of up to $100 per piece. The Travel Agent
and/or Tour Operator shall not be held responsible for any damage to or loss
of luggage/personal items. All damage/loss must be reported at time of
incident and documented in writing by local authorities for submission to your
insurance company.
Not Included
- Airfare to the tour
departure point and from the tour ending point is not included. Airfare may be
purchased from us for travel originating in the United States. Please see
Flights tab in the right-side toolbar.
- Personal Expenses: All
personal expenses such as: laundry, valet service, cables, telephone calls and
postage are not included.
- Guide and Driver
Gratuities:
- 4 seater -
$70 (i.e. 2 pax) - per day
- 7 seater - $90
(i.e. 3-5 pax) - per day
- 10 seater - $110
(i.e. 5-7 pax) - per day
- 10-19
passengers: Guide $10, driver $5 - per participant per day
- 20 passengers
and more: Guide $8, driver $4 - per participant per
day
Additional Information
- Airline Security Measures:
In the U.S., you must provide identification in the form of a passport at the
time of airport check-in for travel to international destinations. Your
passport name must match the name on your tour reservation and airline ticket
or you may be denied boarding.
- If you are traveling from an
airport outside the jurisdiction of the U.S, you will need to determine what
travel documentation and identification is required for that particular
airport.
- Due to heightened security
regulations, certain items such as a metal nail file, pocketknife, cigarette
lighter or tweezers, and some liquid, gel, or aerosol items may not be
permitted in your carry-on luggage. Please call your airline prior to
departure to obtain current information on non-permissible carry-on items and
recommended airport check-in times. You may also wish to visit the
Transportation Security Administration website at www.tsa.gov to obtain more
information on acceptable identity documentation and prohibited luggage
items.
- Holidays and Museum Closures
- Museum visits and personal shopping time may be disrupted due to unforeseen
circumstances or the many religious, state and local holidays locally observed
in the destinations being visited.
- Photography During Tours: We will
occasionally use photographs taken by fellow guests or your trip director for
promotional purposes. If you prefer that your photo not be used in any
marketing activities, please notify us at the start of your
tour.
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